Situated in the middle of the village in a cemetery, the rectangular territory of which is stretched from west to east. The rural development, closest to the complex from the north, is parallel to this section of the fence (1st half of the 19th century), which includes a gatehouse and a chapel, which serves as a corner tower. In the center of the cemetery, on the site of two wooden churches from the early 18th century, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary with a high bell tower (1825) was built in 1799-1804, dominating the village. A road runs along the axis of the church and the bell tower from the main western gate; another path runs diagonally past the bell tower, connecting the northern and southern entrances to the cemetery. Two worship pillars (2nd half of the 19th century) have been erected along this path. White stone tombstones have been preserved to the south of the church. Two more worship pillars are located outside the cemetery, to the south and east of it. Several tombstones from the 19th - early 20th centuries have been preserved near the church. The combination of a large temple with various small monuments makes the complex an interesting and characteristic example of the architecture of the south of the Ivanovo region. The Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is a monumental temple that combines features of the Baroque style (facade decor, altar shape) and 17th century architecture (kokoshniks, five domes with interceptions at the base of the domes).
In the first half of the 17th century, Shapkino was the patrimony of the Mezetsky princes: one third of the village belonged to Prince Foma Dmitrievich Mezetsky and two thirds of the village belonged to the widow Princess Anna Ivanovna Mezetskaya (Vnukova). In 1644, Prince Foma Mezetsky mortgaged his estate to Prince Ivan Andreevich Golitsyn for 1,500 rubles for a period of one year, and Princess Anna Ivanovna sold her two-thirds of the village to the Trinity-Sergius Monastery in 1646; at the end of the century, the entire village belonged to the monastery and remained in its possession until 1764.
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